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England's Last War Against France

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by Colin Smith


  Operation Lila, 420

  Operation Menace, 111, 113, 116–17, 119, 127–8, 133, 135

  Operation Mercury, 182

  Operation Ration, 167

  Operation Reservist, 364, 378–9, 384, 387–8, 409

  Operation Sealion, 158

  Operation Terminal, 364, 378, 387–8, 409

  Operation Torch, 347–50, 355, 360–1, 364, 371, 379, 388, 392, 395, 405, 413, 425

  Operation Villain, 387–8

  Oran, 46, 62, 75, 82, 84–5, 88, 93

  casualties, 384

  escape of French ships, 397–400

  invasion, 363–5, 370, 378–85, 388, 393, 400, 402, 408–10, 413, 418

  post-invasion politics, 424–6

  Orient Express, 184

  Orkney, 40, 419

  Orongea, 320, 322, 327, 332, 333

  Orr, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur, 224–6, 228–31, 239, 242

  Orzel, 41

  Oscarsborg fortress, 41

  Oslo, 41, 43, 355

  Ottawa, 141

  Ottoman Empire, 165–6, 184, 246–7

  Ouakam airfield, 118–19

  Owen, Wilfred, 26–7

  Oxford University, 25, 144

  Painlevé, Paul, 19

  Palestine, 165–6, 171–3

  civilian casualties, 268

  First World War campaign, 175, 254

  and Iraq campaign, 179–80

  and Syrian campaign, 188, 191–2, 194–5, 202, 220–1, 225–6, 230–4, 245, 250–1, 253–4, 269

  and Zionists, 165, 172, 192, 254

  Palestine Police, 197, 236

  Palmach, 192, 194, 196

  Palmer, Major Anthony, 293

  Palmer, Captain Peter Llewellyn, 287, 301, 305

  Palmyra, 163, 181, 283, 246–51, 253–7, 261, 270

  paratroopers, dummy, 298

  Paris

  and anti-Semitism, 14, 31

  and First World War, 17, 26

  German occupation, 3, 45, 90–1, 147, 269

  International Exposition, 28

  liberation, 428–9

  royal visit, 9–10, 27

  victory parade (1919), 22–3

  Paris, siege of, 90

  Paris, 2, 4, 47, 49–52, 55–6

  Paris Commune, 90

  Paris Protocols, 169, 184, 273

  Parisian press, 18, 31, 105

  Pas de Calais, 15, 158

  Passchendaele, Battle of, 35, 124, 256

  Patterson, Captain Joseph, 289–90, 294, 314, 315n, 328, 332, 342–3

  Patton, General George S., 363, 386, 405, 413–16

  Pearce, Private, 266

  Pearl Harbor, 275, 285, 331, 351, 396

  Pedder, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard, 197–203, 207–10, 214, 218, 286

  Pendar, Kenneth, 371, 389, 392

  Pennland, 114, 117, 128

  Pennsylvania, 349

  Perrin, Capitaine, 121

  Persée, 123

  Pershing, General John, 23

  Persia, 187, 392

  Persian Gulf, 164–6, 184

  Perth, 203–4, 235

  Pétain, Cyrille, 16

  Pétain, Maréchal Philippe

  and Americans, 145–7

  Anglophobia, 25, 89

  and Britain, 92, 95, 142, 145, 147

  and Churchill, 141–3, 145, 154

  and collaboration, 144, 159

  and Dakar raid, 132

  and de Gaulle, 17, 21, 29, 103

  and Dieppe raid, 338

  and dismissal of Laval, 154, 156–9

  and Duke of Reichstadt’s funeral, 155–7

  and First World War, 3–5, 15–21, 24–5, 96

  and French fleet, 70

  and French North Africa, 397, 407, 411, 420

  and Germany, 137

  and Giraud, 350, 394

  and Laval assassination attempt, 274

  and loss of Syria, 260

  and Madagascar, 284

  meeting with Hitler, 140–5, 147

  and Mers-el-Kébir, 92–3

  and Munich Agreement, 29

  Paris reception, 428

  and reinstatement of Laval, 277

  and Rif Wars, 112

  and total occupation, 416–17, 420

  trial and sentence, 429

  and Vichy regime, 105, 107

  Peters, Captain Frederic Thornton, 364, 379, 381–4, 408–9

  Peyrouton, Marcel, 156–8

  Philby, Kim, 379

  Phillips, Admiral Tom, 411

  Picard, Commandant, 268

  Picasso, Pablo, 28

  Pichevin, Capitaine de corvette, 50–2, 54–5

  Pickering, Corporal Donald, 267

  Pilotage Parties, 369, 371

  Pitcher, Warrant Officer, 257–8

  Placon, Amiral, 96

  Plan Charles, 123, 127

  Platon, Amiral, 284

  Platt, Lieutenant General Sir William, 339, 344–5, 348

  Plymouth, 46, 56, 101, 149, 435

  Plymouth Sound, 2, 409

  Podensac, 34–5

  Poitiers, Battle of, 117

  Poitiers, 116–17, 122

  Poland, 3, 32, 38, 41, 152, 159, 397, 416

  poliomyelitis, 359–60, 362, 423

  Poncelot, 150

  Ponvienne, Claude, 345

  Popular Front, 5, 30–1, 34–6, 283, 350, 417, 425

  Port Elizabeth, 282

  Port Lyautey, 413

  Port Said, 200, 203

  Portes, Comtesse Hélène de, 29, 32

  Porthos, 123

  Portsmouth, 46, 322

  Portuguese East Africa, 296

  Pottier, Maître armurier, 102

  Pound, Sir Dudley, 60

  Poursuivante, 84, 86

  Powell, Lieutenant, 322–3

  Preneuf, Capitaine de frégate Martinant de, 412

  Price, Captain Martin, 319, 321–3, 325, 327

  Prien, Gunther, 331

  Primauguet, 411–12

  Prince Edward Island, 379

  Princeton, New Jersey, 385

  prisoners of war, French, 107, 145, 147, 155, 169, 338, 395

  Provence, 58, 67, 70, 79, 423

  Qasimiyah bridge, 191, 197, 201–2, 208

  Quebec, 337

  Quentel, Ingénieur mécanicien, 77–8

  Quisling, Vidkun, 419

  Rabat, 362, 410, 413, 423

  radar, 38, 61, 85, 159, 398, 410

  Raeder, Grosseadmiral Erich, 419–20

  RAF Habbaniya, 163–4, 166, 170–2, 174–83, 185, 187, 246, 248–9, 272

  RAF Nicosia, 245, 253, 259

  RAF Shaibah, 164, 178

  Raff, Lieutenant-Colonel Edson T., 387–8

  Rahn, Dr Rudolf, 184, 260, 262

  Ram, Havidar Goru, 220

  Ramsay, Admiral Bertram, 60

  Ranavalona, Queen, 283

  Ranfurly, Hermione, Lady, 219

  Ranfurly, Lieutenant the Earl of, 219

  Rashid airfield, 179, 181–2

  Rashid Ali, see al-Gaylani, Rashid Ali

  Ravenstein, General Johannes von, 274

  Rayak airfield, 181, 251, 262, 434

  Raziel, David, 193

  Red Army, 347, 406

  Red Cross, 102, 114, 272, 391

  Red Sea, 283, 285, 331, 336, 420

  Redoubtable, 34

  Regia Aeronautica, 355

  Reichstadt, Duke of, 154–7

  Reims offensive, 18–19

  Relanger, Major, 230

  Renault, 31, 275

  tanks, 23, 223, 227–30, 232, 234–6, 238–41, 266, 271, 386, 413–14

  Réunion, 282, 327, 344

  Reynaud, Paul, 5, 29, 31–2, 41, 61–2, 90, 92, 105, 139

  Reynier, Peter, 309–10, 326, 432

  Reynier Lieutenant Roderick, 309, 326

  Rhineland, 27

  Rhodes, 167, 188, 199, 224, 245, 251, 271

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 3, 107–8, 138–9, 145, 158

  Richardson, ‘Goon’, 129–30, 134

 
Richelieu, 46, 96–8, 118–19, 121, 128–9, 131–2, 134

  Richthofen Squadron, 104

  Riddler, Petty Officer Airman Tom, 82

  Rif Wars, 112, 351, 369

  Rigault, Jean, 389

  Rigault de Genouilly, 84–5, 87, 185

  Rimington, Commander Michael, 258

  Rio de Janeiro, 41

  Riqueval Bridge, 26

  River Plate, Battle of the, 38–9, 46, 98, 170

  Rivory, Sous-lieutenant George, 214

  Roberts, Colonel Ouvry, 176

  Robertson, Captain John, 240

  Robin, Amiral, 421

  Roches Noires, 412

  Rocque, Colonel de la, 30

  Rodney, Admiral Sir George, 36

  Rome, 27, 93, 130, 246, 258, 275, 355

  Rommel, General Erwin, 234, 245, 255, 289, 399

  assassination attempt, 274–5

  defeat and retreat, 345, 349, 356, 362–4, 368, 370

  Western Desert offensives, 170–1, 173, 177, 187, 189, 201, 219, 225, 236, 272, 288, 335, 340

  Ronsard, Pierre, 139

  Roope, Lieutenant Commander Gerard, 44

  Roosevelt, Alice, 106

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 34, 89–92, 106, 145, 147, 408

  and Darlan, 424–5

  and French North Africa, 346–7, 350, 355, 361, 371, 394–5

  and polio, 359, 406, 423

  and rebuilding of US Army, 351

  Roosevelt, Brigadier General Ted, 408

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 106, 408

  Rose, Lieutenant ‘Dopey’, 294

  Rosenberg, Alfred, 108

  Rougier, Professor Louis, 141–3, 154

  Royal Fusiliers, 191, 221–32, 235–6, 239, 242

  Royal Marines, 48, 96, 100–1, 114–15, 131, 135, 315, 319, 321–7, 364, 387, 409

  Royal Scots Fusiliers, 225, 286, 307–10, 314, 316–17, 326, 328, 432

  Royal Welch Fusiliers, 286, 298–301, 307, 309, 325–7, 329, 339, 341

  Rubis, 100

  Rufisque Bay, 123–6, 131, 134

  Ruhr industrial area, 103, 155

  Runstedt, Feldmarschal von, 417

  Russell, Commander Archibald, 376

  Russia, 10, 16, 19, 22, 158–9, 182, 187, 243–4, 248, 256, 260, 273–4, 346–7, 349, 356, 406, 395

  Ryder, Major General Charles W., 365, 391–3, 401

  Saburo, Lieutenant Akeida, 333–6

  Safad, 191

  Safi, 413

  Saigon, 84, 299

  Saint André, 58, 79, 87–8

  St Cloud, 408–9

  St Cyr, 16–17, 21, 158, 223

  Saint Didier, 259

  St George, 236

  St Helena, 10, 154

  St Lucia, 435

  St Malo, 1, 99

  St Nazaire raid, 275–7, 337

  St Paul’s Cathedral, 142, 231

  St Quentin, Count René Doynel de, 92

  St Quentin canal, 26

  Salisbury, Lord, 12

  Sally Maersk, 168

  Salonika, 246, 256, 258–9, 271–2

  Saloum, river, 111

  Salzburg, 271

  Sambre canal, 26

  San Juan Hill, 408

  Sananein, 222

  Sanguin, Capitaine de vaisseau, 77

  Santon coastal battery, 69

  Sarajevo, 107n

  Sardinia, 368

  Sartre, Jean-Paul (La Nausée), 29

  Saskatchewan, 285

  Sassa, 224, 226, 231

  Saussine, Capitaine de corvette de, 150

  Savorgnan de Brazza, 120, 127

  Savoy Grenadiers, 224

  Sayehg, Hadji Nicolas, 268

  Scamaroni (Gaullist officer), 118

  Scapa Flow, 40, 42, 115, 124, 331, 419

  Scarpanto, 271

  Scharnhorst, 40, 43, 70

  Schillte, Ensiegne de vaisseau, 378, 384

  Schmidt, Paul, 159–60, 403

  Schueller, Eugène, 30

  Scotland, 68, 187, 197–8, 286, 288

  Scots Greys, 232–3

  Scottish Commando March, 199

  Sea of Galilee, 192, 220, 251

  Seaforth Highlanders, 314, 324–6, 331

  Seba Biyer, 255

  Sebou, river, 413–14

  Seine, river, 275

  Seinturier, Lieutenant, 249

  Senegalese, 11, 19, 23, 116, 127, 192, 222, 225–7, 230–1, 233, 235, 240, 242, 261, 263–4, 304–5, 324–5

  Service d’Ordre de la Légion, 408, 418, 424

  Seychelles, 331, 339

  Sheikh Meskine, 221, 225, 228

  Sherman, General, 408

  Shirer, William S., 89

  Sicily, 169, 364, 368, 370, 395

  Sidi Barrani, 146–7, 240

  Sidi El Ayachia, 434

  Sidi Ferruch, 390

  Sidney Smith Barracks, 269

  Sidon, 211, 232, 268

  Sierra Leone, 113, 154, 287, 289

  Sigmaringen Castle, 429

  signals intelligence, 151–3

  Simon, Major Jocelin, 300–5, 310, 323, 338

  Simpson, Wallis, 90

  Simpson-Jones, Peter, 344

  Sims, Lance Corporal, 277

  Singapore, 164, 166, 288

  singe, 206

  ‘Singing Third’, 375–7, 385–6, 393

  Sipido, Jean-Baptiste, 9

  Sitting Bull, 16

  Slim, Major General William, 246, 256–7, 331, 340

  Smart, Air Vice-Marshal Reggie, 164–5, 171, 175–8, 180

  Smith, Sergeant Leslie, 182

  Smuts, General Jan, 283, 285, 331, 335–6, 338

  Sobieski, 115

  Sohlberg Circle, 107

  Solidarité Française, 30

  Somaliland, 3, 11, 170, 336, 343, 420

  Somerville, Admiral Sir James Fownes, 60–9, 73–7, 79–82, 84–8, 93, 114, 167, 185, 290, 331, 378, 398, 412, 421, 422

  Somerville, Molly, 86

  Somme, river, 6, 91

  Somme, Battle of the, 18, 230

  Sonderkommando Junck, 182–3, 187

  Soufflet (Gaullist officer), 118

  South Africa, 9–10, 22, 219, 282–5, 329, 338, 354

  South African Air Force, 301, 332, 339n

  South Lancashire Regiment, 286, 289, 307–9, 316, 324, 326, 329, 342–3

  Southampton, 39, 151

  Soviet Union, 36, 142, 159, 189, 287

  Spahis, 237

  Spain, 5, 18, 93, 139, 142–3, 158, 225, 277, 387, 429–30

  Spanish-American War, 349, 408

  Spanish Civil War, 31, 36, 167

  Spanish Morocco, 139, 388, 405, 415, 427

  Spanish republicans, 30, 36, 261

  Spears, Major General Sir Edward, 5–6, 19–20, 113, 115, 121, 126–7, 130, 133

  Special Boat Squadron, 369

  Special Night Squads, 192

  Special Operations Executive (SOE), 193, 219, 281–2, 284–5, 296–7, 328, 330, 344, 371, 381, 426

  Special Service Squadron, 286, 300, 304

  Spithead naval review, 37, 422

  Sprague, Commander Denis, 48–53, 55–6, 148–9, 435

  Sproule, Lance-Corporal Noble, 202, 212, 218

  SS Bangkok, 281

  SS Chantilly, 168

  SS Padaran, 281–2

  SS Wartenfels, 296

  Stalin, Josef, 41, 140, 260, 347, 395

  Stalingrad, 337, 349, 356, 406

  Stannard, Lieutenant Richard, 45n

  Stavanger, 41–2

  Stevens, Brigadier Jack Edwin Starwell, 194–7, 201, 206–7

  Stewart, Sir Frederick, 263

  Stockman, Sergeant Jim, 324–5

  Stockport, 289, 316

  Stockwell, Hugh, 309, 327

  Stoneman, Ena, 434

  Straits of Messina, 59

  Strasbourg, 109

  Strasbourg, 37–8, 46, 58, 67, 70, 73, 76–7, 92, 116

  escape from Mers-el-Kébir, 80–7, 398, 422

  and sinking of French fleet, 418, 421–3

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  Sturges, Major General Robert, 286, 288–9, 297, 299–301, 306–7, 312, 314–15, 323–4, 326–7, 329, 339

  Sudan, 11, 13, 174

  Sudan Defence Force, 225

  Sudetenland, 28

  Suez Canal, 12, 36, 133, 285

  sun spots, 266

  Surcouf, Robert, 1, 45, 47, 54, 282

  Surcouf, 1–2, 4, 46–56, 64, 100–2, 148–51, 272, 274, 355, 435

  Sûreté, 30

  Surprise, 124

  Svenson, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin T., 375–7, 385–7, 393

  Swedish iron ore, 40, 43

  Switzerland, 18, 20–1, 36, 93, 350, 429–30

  Sydney, 263, 332

  Sydney University, 235

  Syfret, Rear Admiral Neville, 288–90, 293, 296–7, 299, 308, 313–15, 319–20, 325–7, 329–30, 332, 365, 409

  Syms, Midshipman Tony, 122

  Syria, 163, 165, 167, 169, 172–3, 180, 183–5, 187–9, 345–6, 360, 362, 405

  Syrian campaign, 219–67, 270–3, 288, 348, 386, 388

  Taher, Rashid, 194, 196

  Tait, Lance Corporal, 217–18

  Talbot, Lieutenant Francis, 49–52, 55–6, 150

  Tamatave, 284, 330, 338, 341

  Tananarive, 281, 284, 337, 339, 341, 343–5, 348, 354

  Tanganyika, 283, 296, 338

  Tangiers, 152

  tank warfare, 18–19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 146–7, 187–8, 300–6

  Taranto, 146, 150

  Tarleton, Brigadier Rupert, 314

  Taurus railway, 184

  Tedder, Air Vice-Marshal, 252, 263

  Teissier, Henri, 352

  Teissier, Lieutenant Jacques, 352–4

  Tel Abu Danne, 257–8

  Tel Aviv, 174, 200, 252

  Tel el Cham, 224

  Tel Kissoué, 223

  Tel Kotchek, 184–5

  Tel Shehab station, 220

  Tennant, Admiral William, 340

  Tennyson, Lord, 102

  Terre Neuve, 88

  Territorial Army, 32, 42–3, 175

  Tevendale, Regimental Sergeant Major, 208, 210–12, 218

  Théophile Gautier, 272

  Things to Come (Wells), 28

  Tibnin, 195–6

  Tigre, 58, 80

  Timbuktu, 291

  Time magazine, 30, 105–6, 269

  Times, The, 18, 95, 349

  ‘Tipperary’, 23

  Tirpitz, 276

  Tobruk, 170, 189, 199, 236, 260, 274–5, 337, 340, 392, 399, 432

  Tokyo, 286, 299, 336

  Tothill, Captain John, 212–13, 214n

  Toulon, 37, 46, 69, 75, 84, 87, 100, 245, 271, 361–2, 406, 417–23

  Toulouse, 15

  Tours, 5, 139, 144

  Trafalgar, Battle of, 34, 36, 160, 383

  Trafalgar Square, 347

  Transjordan, 165, 171–2, 174, 220, 224

  Transjordan Frontier Force, 225, 235

  Travers, Susan, 114–15, 121

  Treaty of Versailles, 22, 24, 32, 109, 112, 175, 419

  Trentham Park, 99

  Tripoli (Lebanon), 165, 169, 191, 193, 243, 246, 255, 258, 270

  Tripoli (Libya), 170, 356, 368, 370

  Tromso, 44

  Trondheim, 40, 42–3

 

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